BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama – With 32 homes stretching from Spanish Fort to Foley, the Baldwin County Home Builders Association's 25th Annual Parade of Homes promises more than a window-shopper's dream.

With a 3,722-square-foot showcase home presented by McElmurry Homes and featuring four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, high wood ceilings, views of the lake, a modern gas ledger stone fireplace and exposed cypress beams framing the "family space," the 2014 tour offers potential buyers and lookie loos, alike, a glimpse into the latest trends in building technology and home design.

The 2014 real estate trek -- held over the course of two weekends -- is slated for Sept. 27-28 and Oct. 4-5.

The homes tour lasts from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each of the four days, and McElmurry Home's showcase home at 32049 Badger Court in Spanish Fort's Rayne Plantation from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m.can be viewed at any point during the parade for a $3 donation to local housing charities.

To learn more about each of the 32 properties, enjoy the photo gallery above or click on the map below for pictures, addresses and details. (NOTE: The properties' placement on the map is not necessarily to scale as Google refused to acknowledge several of the addresses included in the master list.)

Bellator Real Estate & Development, meanwhile, is responsible for the lion's share of the homes dotting the 2014 tour, featuring 17 custom-built homes, designed and constructed by Truland Homes, the showcase homebuilder in both 2012 and 2013.

Nathan Cox, chief executive officer of both Bellator and Truland, called the companies' strong presence along the 2014 tour a "testament to not only the market trending upwards, but also to the people we have making it happen at both Bellator and Truland."

"Truland has added five new communities to the parade from last fall and sales are up over 30 percent year to date," Cox said.

In addition, he said quality construction and precision attention to detail across all 32 homes featured on the 2014 tour will undoubtedly "amaze" participants.

"Buyers are more educated relative to the real estate industry as a whole and more discerning than ever. If you don't deliver buyers the great floor plans, finishes and neighborhoods that look first class they are going to go somewhere else," Cox said, adding, "The world is moving fast, and new advances are being made daily in our industry whether it be through new technology or building practices... People accustomed to living in homes even just a few years old are going to be blown away by the advancements made in our industry."

For instance, Bellator's parade home in the Estates of Tiawasee was selected to be a part of the Resilience STAR Pilot Project, essentially requiring homes to be built to stricter standards "in order to minimize the potential impacts of severe weather hence lowering insurance premiums," he said.

Bellator and Truland also developed the 2014 showcase home's master-planned community, Rayne Plantation, in Spanish Fort, featuring two lakes, an infinity pool and clubhouse, a fire pit terrace and a playground.